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John Badham On Directing 24 Aug 2013 | 03:26 am
I loved John Badham’s I’LL BE IN MY TRAILER: THE CREATIVE WARS BETWEEN DIRECTORS AND ACTORS. It’s been one of the most useful books I’ve read about directing actors for the screen. Badham, of course, ...
It's a Whole New Blacklist 22 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
Q. I would be interested in your thoughts on submitting to the WGA's Black List. First of all, it's not the WGA's Blacklist. As the site says, It began as a survey. In 2005, Franklin Leonard surveye...
Which Draft Do I Register? 21 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
Q. I am considering script consultants to look over my screenplay, and I noticed your services. Should one register their script with the WGA before sending it to any paid script consultants? I don't...
Jazzy new trailer for CONTRAST! 16 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
I'm pretty thrilled with the game. We got a slew of "Best" awards at E3. People seem to dig the story and the key game mechanic, where you can become your own shadow and run along the shadows on the w...
Are Networks Buying Bibles? 15 Aug 2013 | 12:36 am
I note that in 2006 you said no one writes/uses series bibles anymore and also went on about show runners, etc. In this day of so many cable networks, Netflix, etc., all competing for original content...
Game Informer Shows Us The Love 7 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
(I'm particularly thrilled that they called out our story.) Contrast (PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, PC) Release: Fall 2013 What It Is: Compulsion Games' platformer/puzzle hybrid, where shadows paint your sur...
John Henry, Space Alien 7 Aug 2013 | 02:15 am
Vulture.com has a really terrific New York Magazine piece interviewing Damon Lindelof about writing blockbusters. Lindelof has some interesting things to say about his work on WORLD WAR Z, where he to...
Untitled 1 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
Andrew O writes: What are your thoughts on crowd sourcing and crowd funding, especially with regard to TV? Is it good, bad, the future of the industry? Are crowd funded Web series a good launching pa...
Ah, the Intricacies of Co-Writing 1 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am
Q. If I wrote a script, then invited a friend to come cowrite and fix it up, he changed everything, can I go back to my original and take it back? They were all my characters and concepts. He will not...
In Which I Am Interviewed by the WGAe 30 Jul 2013 | 09:50 pm
Justin Samuels called to ask me a slew of questions. His interview with me is up on the WGAe blog.
